"Philippines President-elect Duterte's plan to restore death penalty faces strong opposition, including from Catholics - The Straits Times 17 May 2016
MANILA (AFP) - A plan by Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to restore the death penalty faces strong opposition, including from the dominant Roman Catholic Church, officials and analysts said on Tuesday (May 17).
The tough-talking politician vowed on Monday to introduce executions by hanging after he takes office on June 30 as part of a ruthless law-and-order crackdown that would also include ordering military snipers to kill suspected criminals.
After putting to death seven convicted criminals by lethal injection in 1999-2000, the Philippines abolished the death penalty in 2006 following stiff opposition from the Catholic Church, the religion of 80 per cent of Filipinos."
Personally I am for 'crimes do not pay and the perpetrators must pay for their indiscretion especially when they did whatever they do with full knowledge of the consequences'. e.g. when you murdered someone, you have to pay for it. e.g. when you raped and killed someone, you have to pay for it. etc.
At the same time, the death sentence must be carried out only after the due process of the laws get to run its course properly and without any undue influences or meddling!
This bring to the biggest objection I have when reading that: 'that would also include ordering military snipers to kill suspected criminals'! 'Suspected criminals'! Now that would be taking the execution of justice way too far! NO suspected criminals can be Killed without being proved in a fair and open hearing and trial! THAT cannot be negotiable!! No if or but about this one!
This means the prosecutors will have to be very good at collecting data and performing investigative work that unearthed evidence that cannot be disputed, especially whens sentencing the convicted criminals to death!
For the religious folks, it is best that they stay out of politics and policies as it is not for the religious people to make the laws to protect other people IF the religious folks think and want to 'forgive' the murderers, be my guest. Just DON'T impose your way on other who prefer that killers be punished with death sentence. Amen!
MANILA (AFP) - A plan by Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to restore the death penalty faces strong opposition, including from the dominant Roman Catholic Church, officials and analysts said on Tuesday (May 17).
The tough-talking politician vowed on Monday to introduce executions by hanging after he takes office on June 30 as part of a ruthless law-and-order crackdown that would also include ordering military snipers to kill suspected criminals.
After putting to death seven convicted criminals by lethal injection in 1999-2000, the Philippines abolished the death penalty in 2006 following stiff opposition from the Catholic Church, the religion of 80 per cent of Filipinos."
Personally I am for 'crimes do not pay and the perpetrators must pay for their indiscretion especially when they did whatever they do with full knowledge of the consequences'. e.g. when you murdered someone, you have to pay for it. e.g. when you raped and killed someone, you have to pay for it. etc.
At the same time, the death sentence must be carried out only after the due process of the laws get to run its course properly and without any undue influences or meddling!
This bring to the biggest objection I have when reading that: 'that would also include ordering military snipers to kill suspected criminals'! 'Suspected criminals'! Now that would be taking the execution of justice way too far! NO suspected criminals can be Killed without being proved in a fair and open hearing and trial! THAT cannot be negotiable!! No if or but about this one!
This means the prosecutors will have to be very good at collecting data and performing investigative work that unearthed evidence that cannot be disputed, especially whens sentencing the convicted criminals to death!
For the religious folks, it is best that they stay out of politics and policies as it is not for the religious people to make the laws to protect other people IF the religious folks think and want to 'forgive' the murderers, be my guest. Just DON'T impose your way on other who prefer that killers be punished with death sentence. Amen!
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